As I mentioned in a previous post, it looks like Bush’s infinite war powers are not limited to your phone calls and emails (which, BTW, the White House appears to be retreating [1] on), but also extend [2] to sifting through your bank transactions [3]. The New York Times broke the story, and so therefore obviously must be beheaded [4] as traitors.
In full damage-control mode, the White House (with the aid of Brother Chimpy) unveiled a “major†arrest of a group plotting to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago. But wait, it turns out that the arrest was not all it was sold to be [5]. Apparently, this supposed “plot†had never advanced beyond the discussion phase [6], and no member of the group had even met with an Al-Qu’eda agent.
Oh well, better get another constitutional amendment [7] on the books before people start paying attention to the real news.
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Links:
[1] http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060626/pl_afp/usattacksintelligence_060626060239
[2] http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/22/washington/22cnd-intel.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin
[3] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/22/AR2006062201583_pf.html
[4] http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002727811
[5] http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article1096208.ece
[6] http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/14880185.htm
[7] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/25/AR2006062500274.html
[8] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fthehindsightfactor.com%2Fwhile_you_were_looking_the_other_way&linkname=While%20you%20were%20looking%20the%20other%20way